A Comprehensive Model of Teaching Digital Design in Architecture that Incorporates Sustainability

Abstract

Digital technology and its use in architecture support the construction industry in transitioning to more sustainable building development. Digital technology is widely taught in architecture programs in China, but there are few consistent strategies for combining digital architectural design with traditional architectural design in architectural education. Consequently, sustainable design concepts are not included in digital architectural design courses, and thus architectural education is not concerned with sustainable development. In this paper, we focus on the teaching of digital design in architecture and investigate how digital architectural design teaching can incorporate sustainability. Data from 15 universities were qualitatively analyzed, leading to the development of four models of teaching digital architectural design. Development of the models revealed that there are three increasing levels in digital architectural design teaching and that there is a close relationship between the teaching level and the transfer of architectural knowledge. This recognition led to the development of a single comprehensive model of digital architectural design teaching that is universally applicable. This research increases our understanding of digital architectural design teaching in architecture programs and strengthens the multi-level connections between digital architectural design teaching and designing and constructing sustainable built objects.

Analysis of the timeliness of teaching methods of university education oriented to comprehensive development in student management

“…By constructing the school curriculum system from the perspective of the high-level concept of all-round human development, it is helpful to understand the inheritance and development relationship between the all-round development of human beings and the concept of "five educations" from the theoretical level, so as to provide profound theoretical guidance for educational practice [8][9]. Building a framework of school curriculum system under the guidance of the concept of comprehensive human development is conducive to cultivating talents for society and the country in the new era who are oriented to the world and adapt to the future [10][11]. It aims to infiltrate and integrate the dimensions of human all-round development with the internal elements of the curriculum so that the school curriculum system can form an endogenous and sustainable driving force to achieve the goal of allround human development and, at the same time, have a future-oriented development direction.…”